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The intention in writing the Concert Suite was to create music with a directness and freshness of sound well suited to a youth or community orchestra.  Thus, the three movements of  the suite speak in a language that is often open and sparse, while emphasizing rhythmic energy and clarity of musical line.  This is particularly 'American' music, drawing upon folk, jazz and rock idioms.

"Light Up the Sky" employs simple rhythmic patterns that are repeated and superimposed as the music evolves.  Glissandi in the string rise into a celebration of sound as if to 'light up the sky.'

In contrast, "Two As One" is a quiet, reflective and intense movement.  Often instruments are paired in duets.  Sometimes they answer on another; sometimes they merge into a unison.  The musical ideas are presented in broad gestures, slowly unfolding.

"Up-Tempo" is jazz influenced with frequent changes of meter.  This movement is intended to elicit a spirited response from the orchestra, regardless of the age of the players!  Also, the percussion section is kept especially busy.

Concert Suite was composed during the Summer and Fall of 1994 at the composer's studio on the Brainstorm Dairy Farm in Braintree, Vermont and at her family home in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Gwyneth Walker

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